We performed a comparison between MYSQL and SQL Server based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: SQL Server comes out ahead in this comparison because it is less demanding on resources and can more easily be integrated with other solutions. Some users feel that MySQL requires more maintenance and can be a bit buggy and less stable than SQL Server.
"It has a remote access feature to manage the database from a remote location. This enables in-work collaboration."
"For sure, the solution is very stable."
"The installation process for the most scalable solution is remarkably quick, taking only a short amount of time."
"The IO segregation in CGE is valuable."
"MySQL's most significant attribute is its capability to create, modify, and maintain databases. This is crucial and advantageous in procedures, such as SOAR. Therefore, all SQL functions are beneficial to any backend developer or developer who requires data storage."
"We are completely comfortable with the database’s performance and it is a mature product. My organization was looking for an open-source database for our smaller customers like the community edition. For bigger customers, we can scale into commercial and supported editions."
"The solution is a small application and is very easy to deploy."
"The replication feature is the most valuable. We are replicating our servers."
"The features that we have found the most valuable are reliability, availability perspective, and current scalability."
"The SQL Server is low maintenance, it does not require advanced technical skills to maintain or use it as you might in other similar database solutions. You need some knowledge on how to access the solution and how to query it but it is fairly straightforward."
"The solution is valuable because it seamlessly extracts reports and enables the collection of information from different tables."
"SQL Server is a highly stable solution."
"If we want to expand to other servers and create an extra node, it's expandable."
"It is the latest technology and pretty powerful in terms of the high availability of the virtual server."
"The solution is user-friendly, is a robust tool and is always reliable to users."
"SQL Server is a stable product."
"The only service which could be improved is its usability. The entire user experience needs to be revamped to meet the 2018 design standards."
"I feel that some tools which make it easier to create queries or make it easier for other functions would be really interesting to see."
"MySQL tutorials and guides could be improved. Often they are too complex for someone with no database experience to understand."
"It can have better monitoring. In addition, the enterprise manager should be able to cater to more than one virtual machine. Currently, you need one license per server. It seems a bit too much to get one license for one enterprise manager. I hope the enterprise manager for MySQL can accommodate more virtual machines for MySQL."
"Sometimes, not because the version is not the latest version, there are some issues with it. Sometimes there's an issue with the server which creates issues with it."
"I would like to see some improvements in the solution’s integration aspects."
"The documentation is pretty weak and should be improved."
"I would like to see more integrations of the solution with other platforms and improve the support on different data types."
"The documentation could be much better. It's lacking right now. If there are better help pages, for even complicated queries and stuff like that that would be quite a help for users."
"The interface of the tool has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The number of concurrent users is too limited and other databases are better than SQL in this regard."
"More things in SQL Server need to be automated."
"The solution is lacking a compound index for comparing values."
"The ability to connect with other environments needs to be improved."
"Support could be improved."
"Sometimes we experience issues with its stability."
MySQL is ranked 4th in Relational Databases Tools with 142 reviews while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 260 reviews. MySQL is rated 8.2, while SQL Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Easy to use and provides good speed and data recovery". MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and Oracle Database, whereas SQL Server is most compared with MariaDB, SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB and Vertica. See our MySQL vs. SQL Server report.
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